About the Author

Maggie Stiefvater is the #1 New York Times bestselling
author of the novels Shiver, Linger, Forever,
and Sinner. Her novel The Scorpio Races was named a
Michael L. Printz Honor Book by the American Library Association.
The first book in The Raven Cycle, The Raven Boys, was a
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and the second book,
The Dream Thieves, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
She is also an artist and musician. She lives in Virginia with her
husband and their two children. You can visit her online at
www.maggiestiefvater.com.

Reviews

Praise for THE DREAM THIEVES:

* Richly written and filled with figurative language...this story
of secrets and dreams, of brothers and of all-too-real magic is an
absolute marvel of imagination and an irresistible invitation to
wonder. --BOOKLIST, starred review

* Mind-blowingly spectacular... Stiefvater's careful exploration of
class and wealth and their limitations and opportunities astounds
with its sensitivity and sophistication. The pace is electric, the
prose marvelously sure-footed and strong, but it's the complicated
characters...that meld magic and reality into an engrossing,
believable whole. -- KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review

* A paranormal thriller...this installment [is] more tense and
foreboding than its predecessor-and every bit as gripping. --
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review

* One unexpected and wonderful surprise after another . . . a
marvel of imagination. -- BOOKLIST, starred review

The Raven Boys is an incredibly rich and unique tale, a
supernatural thriller of a different flavor. . . . Fans have been
salivating for Stiefvater's next release and THE RAVEN BOYS
delivers. -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review

Equal parts thriller and mystery, with a measured dash of romance
sprinkled on top . . .
Maggie has woven such a unique, intriguing narrative that I
struggled for comparisons. -- MTV.com

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Best Book of the Year

THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS 2012 Blue Ribbons
list

"In this continuation of The Raven Boys (2012), Printz
Honor Book recipient Stiefvater continues the compelling story,
keeping the focus once again on the Raven Boys themselves:
privileged Gansey, tortured Adam, spectral Noah, and darkly
dangerous Ronan. This time, though, their quest for the legendary
sleeping Welsh King, Owen Glendower, takes a backseat to a spate of
secrets, dreams, and nightmares that appear to be sapping the ley
line-- an invisible channel of energy connecting sacred
places--that runs beneath their small Virginia town. Could this be
the reason that the mystical forest, Cabeswater, has inexplicably
disappeared? Who is the mysterious Grey Man, and why is he
searching for the Greywaren, a relic that enables its owner to
steal objects from dreams? How does this involve secretive Ronan?
Visceral suspense builds as the characters pursue answers to these
and other questions, and a palpable sense of foreboding and danger
increasingly permeate the novel. Richly written and filled with
figurative language (buildings are "tidy as library books;" a
"murmur of guests" attend a party; a woman looks "fresh as a
newscaster"), this story of secrets and dreams, of brothers and of
all-too-real magic is an absolute marvel of imagination and an
irresistible invitation to wonder." - Booklist starred
review

"Beginning the same summer in which The Raven Boys
(Scholastic, 2012) ended, The Dream Thieves is a little less
about Blue Sargent and more about Gansey. Richard Campbell Gansey
III (don't call him Dick), Ronan, Adam, ghostly Noah, and Joseph
Kavinsky are (or were) raven boys-students at posh Aglionby Academy
in the small Virginia town of Henrietta. The writing style
maintains a dark and brooding tone as Gansey continues to
investigate the existence of a ley line, an invisible channel of
energy, recently awakened, that may lead them to the ancient Welsh
king Glendower. The complicated relationships and plot points are
difficult to follow without the background from The Raven
Boys. Even with the background, new characters appear: the
deadly (perhaps) Gray Man, Greenmantle, and the idea of a
Greywaren. Blue comes from a family of women with psychic gifts,
but her gift isn't "sight" itself but a talent for magnifying the
presence of magic around her-a significant contribution where
finding the ley line is concerned. Readers looking for answers
won't find them in this book. Readers who want a moody chill and
appreciate an atmospheric turn of phrase (keys hang from the
ignition like "ripe fruit," a farm yard is populated with "deceased
pick-up trucks") will want to spend more time in Henrietta.
Purchase where the first book is popular, and suggest the series to
fans of Holly Black's "Curse Workers" books (S & S) or to readers
of grittier works such as Andrew Smith's The Marbury Lens
(2010) and Passenger (2012, both Feiwel & Friends)." -
School Library Journal starred review
"Book two of Stiefvater's Raven Cycle shifts from character-driven
voyage of discovery to more of a paranormal thriller, ratcheting up
the violence as the plot grows more complex. After the
transformative events at Cabeswater in The Raven Boys, the context
in which Gansey, Blue, Adam, Ronan, and Noah operate is further
altered by the arrival of the Gray Man, a self-described hit man
who replaces Barrington Whelk in providing occasional adult
narrative perspective. The Gray Man brings with him the
machinations of larger, previously unknown forces as he takes
orders from a voice on the phone to hunt the Greywaren, the
identity of which is revealed early on. But this book largely
belongs to the loose cannon that is Ronan, as he works to better
understand his supernatural abilities and their connection to his
family. While Stiefvater's offbeat, acutely observed characters
continue to grow, they have shifted from developing a group
interaction to reacting against one another, making this
installment more tense and foreboding than its predecessor--and
every bit as gripping." - Publishers Weekly starred review